J. Shimada et al., OPTICAL MICRO-DISPLACEMENT SENSOR USING A COMPOSITE CAVITY LASER-DIODE INTEGRATED WITH A MICROLENS, Journal of micromechanics and microengineering, 4(3), 1994, pp. 140-146
We demonstrated an extremely small optical displacement sensor using a
laser diode integrated with a microlens and based on the composite ca
vity principle, which is that the light output power from the laser di
ode changes with reflectance and displacement of the third mirror. The
light output power from the device was modulated by the reflectance o
f the third mirror with the displacement in the lateral direction. The
modulation depth was 0.1 when the third mirror reflectances were 70%
and 4%, and the resolution in the lateral direction was 3 mum. The lig
ht output power was also modulated by the third mirror displacement in
the axial direction with a period of 0.4 mum, and a modulation depth
of 0.047 was obtained.